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Aww Daisy - so sorry to hear that. Hugs xxxSmall victories - sometimes they are all you can hope for but sometimes they are all you need - be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle0
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So sad Daisy, I'm sorry. Make the most of the time you have together.0
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Ah, Daisy, that is sad news
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Invite them to candlelight suppers.:rotfl:
I often use that trick..........subdued lighting!!
3 bags of clothes and bits and pieces to CS.
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Wheelie bin full for garden waste collection - I pay extra for this so I am determined the thing will be full for every collection:DBe the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi
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So sorry to hear your bad news Daisy xx0
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Daisy I am so sorry to read your sad news, I know well how much it hurts.
Not much MC going on here past few weeks, have had to do lots of hospital visiting, but things getting settled now for my DM who had a bad fall and is now having to give up her home. That will be quite an exercise in itself, but we have until the Spring to do it.
Kid Bruv has expressed an interest in our family history, so I have promised to get to grips with the two large bags of paper work which has been sitting untouched for 7 years.
I know family research has been mentioned here a time or two, how does anyone record the information they find please. I had a programme many moons ago, but various computers died and it was not forward compatible with newer operating systems and I have not replaced it. I should have a lot of information on Genes Reunited as I have kept the subscription going to access all the lovely shared connections on there.The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. (Abraham Lincoln)0 -
Daisy I am so sorry to read your sad news, I know well how much it hurts.
Not much MC going on here past few weeks, have had to do lots of hospital visiting, but things getting settled now for my DM who had a bad fall and is now having to give up her home. That will be quite an exercise in itself, but we have until the Spring to do it.
Kid Bruv has expressed an interest in our family history, so I have promised to get to grips with the two large bags of paper work which has been sitting untouched for 7 years.
I know family research has been mentioned here a time or two, how does anyone record the information they find please. I had a programme many moons ago, but various computers died and it was not forward compatible with newer operating systems and I have not replaced it. I should have a lot of information on Genes Reunited as I have kept the subscription going to access all the lovely shared connections on there.
Sorry to hear that your DM is unwell
The Genes reunited info should still be there. I've never paid but my tree is still there after 15 years in the free account. You can export the tree from GR as a .gedcom file. I think you would be able to import this into a new software, should you buy one.
I have all my certs organised into a folder by surname, but I rely on GR for ultimate tree building and connection storage.LBM 11/06/2010: DFD 30/04/2013Total repaid: £10,490.31Student loan repaid: 01/07/2019SAVINGS: £20,000Car final lump sum: £6113/£61130 -
Maddie, sorry to hear about your DM (dear mother?) giving up her home, thats got to feel bad
Genealogy papers of 7 years standing ... yes. I know *exactly* how you feel, and you know I know :rotfl:
I'm probably not a good role model about storing the information. I never trusted storing it on individual sites, especially where I needed to keep a subscription going. Never trusted bought-in software, either
This is my system:
- I back everything up like crazy. My computer, my external hard drive, my google account, and a flash drive as well. I have basic trees up on Ancestry, in a free account, but I need to do more work there - thats why I joined the u3a computer genealogy group.
- I just use Word to write a document about someone, and Excel to draw genealogical trees. I used to use the Open Office versions, but Word and Excel are so universal, they're a better bet for genealogical stuff.
- the real organisation comes in a tree of folders. I end up with a *lot* of folders, but it suits me:
1. top folder, Genealogy.
2. 2nd folder, my parent's surname, eg Cat.
3. 3rd folder, each generation within that family.
Kitten Cat b1920 and spouse
Grumpy Cat b1880 and spouse
Whiskers Cat b1850 and spouse
These are all in the male line (can't afford to be matrilineal or even woman-centred about all this! That's not how the records run!).
So some families only appear in my records in the 1840s, because thats when a woman married into the Cat line.
Census records, I used to keep within that system, but now they have their own folder, so ever single census record that belongs to the Cat family goes in there - because, of course, many families have several generations living in one house, and it just got a lot simpler to have them all in one file.
It's a good question, and I don't think I have the best system, not by any means. So I'll be watching how other people reply - maybe it's time to change it up.2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
My uncle has passed away and his cremation is planned for Tuesday. I'm driving to my hometown tomorrow already, staying with my parents, and will escort my Mum to the service (do you still call it a service if it is more a remembrance? Aunty and him are atheists). He was 83 and had had several strokes. He was extremely bullied as a child, even by his father and extended family members; the only people he was comfortable around was his wife and daughters, my parents, and my other aunt and uncle. He was very intelligent, taught himself Chinese, was Head of the University Hospital's lab, etc., but very guarded. To me, he was always kind.
I will take the opportunity to take two ragbags and a ikea bag full of items for the charity shop with me to discard/donate in my hometown. And I will look for a proper wool sweater or cardigan. Now that I am home fulltime I would appreciate some nicelooking warm items (currently wearing my husband's fleece cardis, which are warm, but not flattering).Are you wombling, too, in '22? € 58,96 = £ 52.09Wombling in Restrictive Times (2021) € 2.138,82 = £ 1,813.15Wombabeluba 2020! € 453,22 = £ 403.842019's wi-wa-wombles € 2.244,20 = £ 1,909.46Wombling to wealth 2018 € 972,97 = £ 879.54Still a womble 2017 #25 € 7.116,68 = £ 6,309.50Wombling Free 2016 #2 € 3.484,31 = £ 3,104.590 -
Sorry to hear about your uncle, Siebrie. Sounds as though he had a tough life, even though it may not have looked it.
As for what to call the ceremony ... call it what it feels best to call it, no one has the right to gainsay you. I hope you and your mum and your auntie are coping.2023: the year I get to buy a car0
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